And some people say that the cent is useless...
There has been discussion in the news about the usefulness of the cent coin. The cost to make a cent coin in the US has exceeded the value of the cent for several years now. Several nations in the Euro zone have effectively eliminated the 1 and 2 euro cent from use. Eventually the US cent will go away as well.
Below is a photo of a 5-cent coin from the nation of Mauritius, a small island to the east of Madagascar, that is still in circulatio
I have enjoyed the NGC Collectors Society web site since I first browsed it in mid-2008.
The journals that people have posted here have given me insight about how others go about collecting coins so that I might better develop a better strategy for myself. My coin purchases in the past were mainly limited to the two local coin shops and the semi-annual coin shows. This, of course, had the effect of restricting the range of coins available for me to purchase. I have since moved to northern V
